Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-05

TO drink. As loss after loss was made be
brsced up On brandy. His affairs became
emoafras ded. Three years ago he was g
bankrupt. | had known him always, and
in my early days" continued Bill, che
helped me. 1t is good scheme in life
! to remember those who help you, and
when he came TO me in distress with his
wife and five little ones dependent upon
him, and asked thGt would do something
beyond throwing plank across the stream
of trouble, DO something which would help
him 20 build upa bridge otpermanent sup
! port. | set him up in 8 little printing
house, which cost me $1,000. He was
bright and had friends, and l Influenced
considerable printing for him. at the
end Of six months he came to me with
trouble written IL every line Ct his face
and said, "Well, Bill, am broke" l
! took his books and could make nothing
out OF them beyond the fact that in some
way or other he was 500 out. Well,
| $500 don't amount TO much, but 500 on
! the top OF $1,000, with the prospect Of
| several hundreds more, comes so nesr to
/ $1,000, end $1,000 : sUCn s long step to-
! ward S5090 that | called q halt. l put
! his 500 loss into the shape Of paper, in
dOTsed it, and ioolishly had it discounted
il my bank, paid Of his bills and
STARTED HIM AHEAD AGAIN
! with work One morning about 10 O'Clock
CHANGED to be down town-Bil IS q
/ night worker, and is never down town IN
the day time except OF salary days-and
| saw our friend 90 into the basement Of
No. -- Ann street. To gil intents and
appearances No. - Apn street in the
basement was q cigar store. looked IL,
/ saw him buy cigar Snd 90 into back
room. | feared there were sideOOard Op-
poTtunities il there, and feeling a
certain degree Of responsibility for the
money, as well as for him, went down.
bought q cigar and went into the back
room, and there the fellow WAS, with
several lottery tickets on the table before
him, ne counting out the money to pay
for them. Never mind the scene that fol-
loved. Suffice it that l stopped then and
there; that | had the pleasure CT paying
the notes when they became due, ana
that he has sunk gradually, taking his
wife and little ones with him, from com
parstive wealth 10 degraded poverty, and
now he begs Of me and of other friends
incidental charity from 10 cents up"
All habit.
That man got into the habit of buying
lieviug that sooner or later luck would
come his way, and into the habit OF
uegleCting his business, and INTO the habit
Of braciDg up on brandy, until now he has
fallen into the habit Of borrowing quarters
and 80 cents, and grovelliUg along the
cutters of life, instead of riding on the
highway toward the goal of certain sue
cess
And, by the way, that habit of drink is
very curious.
1t is the easiest thing in the world to |
get INTO the habit Of drink. Thousands |
of people want
COCKTAIL IN THE MORNING
before breakfast. At least 100, 600 men, /
gentlemen, take nip At II O'Clock with
out fsil-eIcept Sundays.
Why not Sundays?
Because al that hour in the morning /.
they are in church, or, il not in church, !
they are st home reading, studying, writ |
ing or whatever. They are in the habit |
Of going 10 certain bar, or 10 q certain /
cafe, ct 9 certain hour six days in the |
week, but on the seventh they don't need /
it or care for II because they ere not in /
thst section of the city where they are |
il the habit of drinking. Some men |
habituaIly drink once, twice, i've times, /
ten times q day. Other men have habit |
usted themselves to the practice Of I
drinking after dinner only. II
know scores and scores Of men who |
say, being asked to have something, |
Thanks, never drink till after dinner |
Many men who are in the habit Of drink |
ing during business hours, go with their |
families TO the country, 90 to Saratoga, |
to Newport, TO RiChfield Springs, 20 |
LOng0each, to any one of thousand re- |
sorts which occur TO you, and never |
drink drop. Don't think of il, don't !
care forit, don't want it. 1t is all habit |
OF course there are diseased men with 3
longing FOR drinks longing which needs |
TO be gratIhed as absolutely az an itch !
needs to be scratched, bit I am speaking /
now Of the ordinary common sense indi- |
vidusl
1t is all habit with them; rs times in /
100 they don't find the drink pRlRtable ct !
the moment. How many Of yCu whisky /
drinkers like the taste of whisky or I
brandy? I own up To the palatability Of
q silver gin 1zz, but we don't drink sin |
tizz in winter. How many Of you can |
say, 81 like the taste Of whisky, brandy, /
gin?" And yet rs q rule you drink them. /
And you drink them at certain times snd /
al certain places, f9Lner IMAM 81 DIVERS !
times and in suudry places, IS the prayer |
book has it.
HERE IS AN ILLUSTRATION OF HABIT.
The wafer service Of New York ism. |
particularly good. In order 10 avoid the |
constant annoyance Of finding that there !
IS no water IN he bathroom or the wash |
rooms, have had first class De!amater |
pump, which is worked by heat, put Into |
my basement, snd every Sunday morning |
as regularly as the sun rises I start the /
pump with my own fair hands, ard /: does !
the work Of twenty men IN the ensuing /
two hours. ! never think OF the /
pump any other day in the week |
have a fifteen day clock, and |
have had it for twenty years, and every |
Sunday morning, as regularly as 1920 /
comes l 90 where that clock is and wind /
it up. l never think OF the clock at any /
other time, aud l never fail to wind it up !
on Sunday, and it is invariably 81 1920, .
with the minute hand right across the |
keyhole. Why, l think the bronze twins
that stand on the top of the clock would /
fall from their perches in amaZement if /
were to permit 1920 on e Sunday morn /
ing to pass without giving that clock its
weekly bread and butter.
1t Is all habit.
Your mind becomes habitusted. Every .
fccu1rv Of vOUr Dafurp UOUr TnprnOry UOnr